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GAR COUPLING.

(No M deL) No. 291,498 Pate pt'e d Jg r h g 1884.

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ouARLEsDEvLIN, or PEMBROKE, ONTARIO, CAXADA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,498, dated January 8, 1884.

*" Application filed October 1, 1883. (X0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Cnnnnns DEVLIN, of Pembroke, in the Provinceof Ontario, Ganada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gar-Couplings; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a link-and-pin coupling, and has for its object to hold the link horizontally in the draw-head to effect coupling with an approaching car, and to couple and uncouple without going between the cars.

My invention consists, in combinationwith a draw-bar having an elongated hole or slot in the top of the draw-head and apiirhole in the bottom vertical to the outer end of the slot, of a weight or bar and pinthe bar to drop onto the end of the-link, and by its weight counterbalance the link horizontally in the draw-head, and the pin to enter the link to effect coupling. The bar or weight and pin are hung from an arm loosely sleeved on a rock-shaft having a projection to lift the arm, said shaft extending across the end of the car, and provided at the ends with weighted arms, which, when overturned, keep the weight or bar and pin raised for coupling, and by returning the weighted arms to a pendent position effect coupling from the side of the car.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved coupling. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same, showing the link held in position to couple. Fig. 3 is a like view, showing the link moved to position to draw the car. Fig. 4 is a like view, showing position of the coupling to receive and permit withdrawal of the link. Fig. 5 is a front elevation, and Fig. 6 a modification, showing the weight and pin integrally formed.

A represents an ordinary draw-head, having in the top an elongated hole or slot surrounded by a wall, A, and in the bottom a hole vertical to the front end of the slot, said hole receiving the lower end of a couplingpin, 13, inserted through a hole in a head, 0, of a weight or bar, D, which, with the pin, slides in the slot in the top of the draw-head. The bar or weight D bears on the end of the link L, rearward of the coupling-pin, and counterbalances the opposite end overhanging the draw-head,therebykecping the link in ahorizontal position for coupling with the drawhead of an approaching car. The pin extends below the bottom of the weight, to allow the point of the pin to be within the hole in the bottom of the draw-head when the link is under the weight or bar D rearward of the pin, to carry a loose link and to keep the pin in place in the draw-head.

To the head 0 is secured a yoke, I, passing under the draw-head, to prevent weight D from rising out of the slotin which it moves. The head 0 of weight D is attached by a shackle, E, to an arm, F, loosely sleeved on a rock-shaft, G, journaled to the end of the car and extending from side to side, the ends of the shaft provided with weighted arms H, which,when coupling is effected, are dropped to a normal or vertical position.

J is a staple projection secured to shaft G and straddling arm F, so that when the weighted arms H are overturned to the position shown in Fig. 4 staple J will engage the un der side of arm F and lift the weight or bar D and pin 13 simultaneously, to allow the link to enter in coupling and to bewithdrawn in uncoupling. lreferabl y the bottom of the draw head on the inside is dished rearwardfof the pin-hole, as shown in Fig. 6, to permit the outer end of the link to be more or less elevated by extension outwardly to enter the mouth of an approaching draw-bar.

To adjust the link to a horizontal position for coupling with an approaching car, the arms H are overturned to lift the weight 1) and pin B to uncoupling position. The link is then thrust inward under the weight, as seen in Fig. 4, and the arms H returned to their 11ermal position, to allow the end of the bar or weight to press on the end of thelink,whereby the weight of the bar will counterbalance the outward end of the link and keep it in position to couple with an approaching car.

In Fig. (5 I show a modification in which the weight and pin are formed in one piece; but I prefer to have the pin removably inserted through the head 0 of the weight or bar.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of a draw-head, A, having a slot in the top and pin-hole in the bottom, and a weight or bar, D, sliding in said slot, and carrying forwardly a draw-pin e11- tering a hole in the bottom of the draw-head, whereby the lower end of the weight or bar is adapted to bear on the end of an inserted draw-link and keep it in position for coupling by pressure against the bottom of the draw-head, as set forth.

2. The combination of a draw-hcad, A, having a slot in the top and a pin-hole in the bottom, a bar or weight, D, sliding in said slot, and carrying a pin, B, entering a hole in the bottom of the draw-head, and a yoke, I, attached to the top of weight or bar D,whereby CHARLES DEVLIN.

Witnesses:

L. LONGHRIX, R. DUDLEY. 

